bioethic

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ ethic.

Noun

bioethic (plural bioethics)

1. A principle or system of bioethics.
   • 1998, Stephen E. Lammers, Allen Verhey, On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, page 39:

     The task of a Christian bioethic should be to order the practice of medicine so that it responds to this opportunity; so that it unveils rather than veils the deeper healing offered by the Church.